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Welcome
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0-1: A Welcome Note from Victoria 30 minLecture1.1
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0-2: Good Things to Know 30 minLecture1.2
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0-3: Why Literacy Outdoors? 30 minLecture1.3
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0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Literacy Garden 30 minLecture1.4
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0-5: Supply List for Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking Outdoors 30 minLecture1.5
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Module 1: Gardens that Feed
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1-1: Welcome to The Gardens that Feed 30 minLecture2.1
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1-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture2.2
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1-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture2.3
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1-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture2.4
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1-5: Harvest Curriculum-on-the-Go Kits 30 minLecture2.5
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Module 2: Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations that Inspire Themes
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2-1: Welcome to Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations that Inspire Themes 30 minLecture3.1
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2-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture3.2
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2-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture3.3
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2-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture3.4
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2-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture3.5
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LIVE Workshop #1Lecture3.6
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Module 3: Gardens that Attract Wildlife
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3-1: Welcome The Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 minLecture4.1
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3-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture4.2
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3-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture4.3
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3-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture4.4
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3-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture4.5
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Module 4: Gardens for Beauty and Art
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4-1: Welcome to The Gardens for Beauty and Art 30 minLecture5.1
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4-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture5.2
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4-3: Plant Ideas 30 minLecture5.3
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4-4: Grow Activities 30 minLecture5.4
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4-5: Harvest Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture5.5
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LIVE Workshop #2Lecture5.6
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74 Comments
learning is indeed nonstop! I’m happy to join the course and to learn more about ways to explore the plants.
Hello I am Cheryl Porte and I am familiar with the Outdoor classroom, however , I am eager to learn and enhance my knowledge . This course seems to be more detailed, judging from the topics and the modules being posted. I always welcome new ways of doing things, enhancing my knowledge, and enriching children’s experiences. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful! Thrilled you are here.
Hi everyone, so glad to be here and learn more ideas for our outdoor space. I’m looking forward to putting together some new and exciting outdoor learning stations for when the kids return.
Welcome!
Hello and I’m glad to be here to find out how to connect literacy to the outdoor play space and garden.
Welcome!
Hi, My name is Joan Allen. I am from Hudson, Massachusetts. I a newly appointed Assistant Director while maintaining my Lead Teacher position. I work at a small private preschool. I am looking forward to learning many wonderful things in this course that I can take back and share with my coworkers and our children.
Welcome!
Hello my name is Junita Walsh and I am also a pre-K teacher. I look forward in learning and growing with this classroom.
Welcome!
Hi Everyone!
Im Pamela Guzman, currently working with kindergarten, but have worked with preschoolers and school age groups. I’m so excited to be here and learn new ideas for literacy outdoors!
Welcome!!
Hello,
I’m Mary Guzman. I am a Kindergarten teacher in a learning center in Massachusetts. I am excited to learn more about engaging outdoors. My children love to be outdoors and its exciting to have more ideas for outdoor engagement.
Hi. my name is Ana Fernandez, I’m a preschool teacher I teach 2.9-3.9 and I’m going to school for my bachelor’s in Early Childhood. I’m to take another training with Victoria I enjoyed the last two I took. I have been teaching preschool for three years now.
Hi,
I am Mercedes Sanchez.l work in a day care.l was preschool, kinder, elementary and high school teacher before.l have worked about nature with toddlers on Summer.We have planted carrots and we saw like they grew.
Welcome aboard! Glad that you are here.
Hi,
My name is Marissa Quigley. I work at Beverly Children Learning Center in Beverly as a Infant/Toddler Teacher.
Welcome aboard!
I just started working at BCLC, so I don’t know much about outdoor classrooms. I work mostly with 3-5 year olds.
Welcome. Glad to have you here.
I am really excited to be in this class and creating an outdoor space for my toddlers to learn and grow. It will be interesting to find out what we have at our center to create these outdoor space and activities!
Great energy. The key to success! Wecome aboard.
Hello this is Ann Ranger. I am the Early Childhood Education Director at Beverly Children’s Learning Center. We enjoyed your on-site training very much. Looking forward to continuing the conversation.
Thrilled to have the BCLC crew! Welcome aboard.
Hi, my name is Olivia Bean. I am a preschool teacher at a children’s center in Massachusetts. This is my first year teaching fresh out of college. I am very excited to learn about all the different ways as a new teacher to incorporate nature/science outside instead of just in my own classroom. I am very excited to learn about literacy outdoors.
Fabulous! Welcome aboard.
Hi My name is Delma Laurente Preschool teacher.
Welcome aboard!
Hi, I am Julia! I’ve had the pleasure of having Victoria come to our school, BCLC, to kick off our outdoor classroom training. I am now looking forward to continuing this training via online.
Welcome! Thank you for your kind words. Glad we are continuing the conversation.
Hello my name is Lisette and really excited creating the outdoors into a classroom.
Welcome aboard!
Greetings! This is Daniel Lemke. I have worked about 7 years in aftercare. Currently I am working in Beverly MA at the BCLC Program. Happy to learn whatever I can to make my experience in aftercare a stronger one.
Welcome aboard! Thrilled about your energy to create a strong aftercare experience.
Hello Victoria
As someone who has taken a number of trainings with you over the years and has also as a presenter for my staff, I am looking forward to what this course will bring. I am especially excited about learn more on the 4 different garden types and their connections to literacy.
Lisa. Thrilled you are taking this Master Class alongside of your staff. It’s a pleasure to continue the conversation in such a critical time in education.
My name is Eileen, and I am an infant teacher in Beverly. I currently have children in my class ranging from 4-11 months in age and hope to find some relevant activities for my kids to help expose them to nature and help build the foundations for early literacy!
Welcome aboard! Thrilled you are here.
Nice seeing you again
…and you too!
Hi, I’m Katie. I can’t wait tp learn from this program
Welcome aboard!
Hello,
My name is Pamela Wesley and I’m the site coordinator at BCLC
Looking forward to getting great ideas
Pam
Welcome aboard Pam!
My name is Emily and I work with toddlers and preschoolers…but more time toddlers. We just got a brand new classroom at our center and I want to learn how to enrich the children more!
Welcome aboard! Thrilled to have you here.
Hi guys! My name is Lexi! I have been working at a daycare, in Beverly, MA, for the past two years. I am a part time teacher’s aid. I am very happy to learn more about how to incorporate nature into the classroom; a majority of children nowadays spend too much time on screens and not enough time outdoors.
Yes. You nailed it. This work is critical. Welcome aboard.
Hello this is Kimberly Sheehan and Alexandria Dunn from Beverly Childrens Learning Center. We are interested in learning how to incorporate literacy into our outdoor routine. We teach Kindergarden who are just beginning to learn about literacy.
Welcome aboard!
Hello!!
I am a preschool educator based out of Beverly, MA. This is my first year working in a preschool environment coming from a background in a more traditional school settings of Middle School education. I am exited to see how to incorporate these different outdoor literacy ideas into my classroom setting.
Welcome aboard.
I’m looking forward to this training
Welcome aboard!
Good evening – My name is Julie Smith. I am a family daycare educator in West Bridgewater, MA. I have been a daycare provider for almost 20 years. I run my program with my husband; he has been my full time assistant for fourteen years. Together we take care of ten littles every day ranging in age from 5 months to 5 years. I am looking forward to adding more literacy components to our outdoor classroom.
Hello Julie! It’s so wonderful to see you here. Looking forward to seeing how you incorporate Literacy into your amazing program! Welcome aboard!
Hi, I’m Pat.
Right at the moment I’m taking some time off teaching because I burned out after 33 years. I love teaching about Jesus and His creation, especially about monarch caterpillars, butterflies, frogs, toads, seeds, gardening. I am thinking about opening up a nature school but haven’t decided on what ages. The older children need the outdoors too. I am looking forward to expanding my brain with this awesome sounding class.
Welcome Pat! Wonderful to have you and looking forward to learning about your vision for a Nature School! If you have any questions along the way, please don’t hesitate to ask.
I cannot keep anything alive, but the idea of an outdoor classroom sounds like Nirvana! I cannot wait to learn and also trial and error with the kids in my preschool. We want to work on a project for Mothers and Fathers days and to ‘greenify’ our city playground. I am already grateful for this course.
Yea! Love to hear trial and error….that is what it is about. I hope you find many ideas in this course.
Hi everyone my name is Sam and I am a preschool teacher is MA to 12 crazy three year olds! We love to get our hands (and everything else) dirty!
Yea! You are here! Welcome!Can’t wait to dig in. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Hi everyone sorry I am late in the game. My name is Sam and I am a preschool teacher of 12 crazy three year olds! We love to be outdoors and getting our hands (and everything else) dirty.
Hi, I’m Lyn. Not on FB so my comments will have to be here. Looking for ideas for making a local farm more user-friendly. I teach college writing, finishing a phd in teacher-education, working weekends at a local farm (I do their FB page so I might be able to use that, we’ll see), was elementary teacher, just 100% the idea of outdoor literacy. I am also into supporting small and medium sized farms!!
Welcome Lyn! Thrilled that you are here joining us. What a dynamo! Looks like you have done a lot and can bring a wealth of knowledge to the table. Making farms more user-friendly is brilliant!
I’m Jamie. I am a preschool teacher at a head start program in Massachusetts. I have 18 3-5 year olds. I also run a Girl Scout Troop with 10 7-8 year old girls. Always looking for new ideas for both age groups. We did get to play in some mud at Head Start today! It rained a lot over the weekend so we had a lot of mud on the playgrounds. We used sticks to draw letters and numbers in the mud.
Welcome Jamie! Thrilled you are here and can’t wait to learn more about how you incorporate all the literacy outdoors ideas with both your young and older age groups. Should be fun!
Hello, I am Helen and I live in Minnesota. I am so ready to get out in my garden and to play in mud with my class. I am grateful we finally got some good snow to be out exploring in this last week. I teach 3 and 4 year olds and have been since 1986. I am looking forward to the class and learning new things.
Hello Helen! Thrilled you are here and can’t wait to see how you absorb the material in this e-course! Fun!
Hello, everyone…. My name is Pat Sawyer, and I am a veteran lead teacher in a Head Start classroom who can still get excited about learning new ways to engage my students! I’m looking forward to gathering many new ways of taking that engagement outside. It may still be winter here (despite the 70 degree weather we had yesterday!) but outdoors is the place to be whenever the temperatures allow, and I’m ready to garden!
Hello Pat. Welcome! I am thrilled you are here and can’t wait to learn about your program and all the new explorations ahead.
Hello, I’m Tanya Milano Snell. I teach preschool and an after school elementary program. I have a 5 year old daughter and 20 month old son.
Welcome Tanya! I am thrilled you are here. Thanks for introducing yourself. Looking forward to starting this e-Course. If you have any questions along the way, please don’t hesitate to ask.